International

• Saturday, June 25th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  Emtrasur: Judge asks US for information on aircraft and crew link to terrorism

  

  Argentine Federal Judge Federico Villena has sent rogatory letters to United States authorities to determine whether the Emtrasur Boeing 747-300 held at the Ezeiza airport was subject to any formal embargo or restriction, it was reported Friday in Buenos Aires.

• Saturday, June 25th 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  Nearly 20 million lives saved by Covid-19 vaccines, study shows

  

  Scientists from Imperial College London have released a study explaining that COVID-19 vaccines have saved nearly 20 million lives during their first year of existence, although more could have been achieved had international targets been met.

• Friday, June 24th 2022 - 10:18 UTC

  C24 resolution calls on Argentina and UK to resume Falklands' negotiations

  

  The Special Committee on Decolonization adopted on Thursday a resolution requesting the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom to consolidate the current process of dialogue through the resumption of negotiations to find a peaceful solution to the sovereignty dispute relating to the question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

• Friday, June 24th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  BRICS Summit sees new role for the bloc in a changing world

  

  In a move to strengthen cooperation and promote economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, BRICS countries agreed this week during the bloc's virtual Summit to launch the BRICS Business Forum, which they regard as an effective tool to achieve the association's goals.

• Friday, June 24th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Argentina and C24 members want a return of real colonialism to Falklands and Southwest Atlantic, MLA Short

  

  My name is Gavin Short and I am a democratically elected representative of the Government and people of the Falkland Islands and my family have lived there for 173 years.

• Friday, June 24th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  European countries launch vax funding for LatAm developments

  

  European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen Thursday said that around US$ 940 million will be invested in the production of vaccines and medicines in Latin American and Caribbean countries.

• Friday, June 24th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Falklands challenges C24 to visit the Islands: the inconvenient truth a bully Argentina wants to hide, MLA Roberts

  

  Chair, Committee Members – my name is Leona Roberts and I am proud to be one of the eight elected representatives of the Falkland Islands Government. I am here today to speak for our people and to defend our tiny, democratic, and freedom-loving country against the colonial ambitions of our aggressive neighbor.

• Friday, June 24th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Grenada's Gov't changes hands, goes to political newcomer

  

  A 44-year-old lawyer with no previous political career has led Grenada's National Democratic Congress (NDC) to a 9-6 victory in Thursday's general elections.

• Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 23:29 UTC

  Antarctic Treaty members agree to protect Shackleton's Endurance wreck 3.000 meters deep in the Weddell Sea

  

  A 500m perimeter is being implemented to aid the protection of Endurance, the ship famously lost in the Antarctic by explorer Ernest Shackleton. The vessel's position on the Weddell Sea floor was finally identified in March, 107 years after its sinking.

• Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 17:43 UTC

  RRS Sir David Attenborough centre stage at “Poles Apart” gallery in National Maritime Museum

  

  Britain’s new polar research ship, RRS Sir David Attenborough, is centre-stage in a new gallery, ‘Poles Apart’, which opened at the Royal Museums Greenwich National Maritime Museum. The exhibition serves as a lasting reminder of the RRS Sir David Attenborough visit to Greenwich in October 2021, ahead of the UN Climate Conference held in Glasgow, and of the contribution the ship will make over its 30-year career to climate science.